Associations/Organizations

Informational Sessions will be posted on this page as our department is made aware of them. Dates may not be current. Check back regularly.

• National Black Nurses Association, Inc
• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

National Black Nurses Association, Inc.  (NBNA)

The NBNA is a professional nursing organization that represents over 150,000 African American nurses in the United States

Mission: "to investigate, define and determine what the health care needs of African Americans are and to implement change to make available to African Americans and other minorities health care commensurate with that of the larger society."

For more information:
     Web site: www.nbna.org
     Phone: 301-589-3200
     Fax: 301-589-3223
     E-mail: NBNA@erols.com

**Informational sessions are being held at the Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis:
     October 15, 2003, Gardenview Building, Rm 5043
     October 16, 2003, 910 Medical Place, Nursing Resource

For more information, contact Loralean Jordan at Children's Hospitals and Clinics, 612 813 5801, Loralean.Jordan@chilrenshc.org; Adriene Thorton-Felix, Children's Hospitals and Clinics, at Adrienne.Felix@childrensch.org; or visit the NBNA website www.nbna.org

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

The AACN is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world, representing over 65,000 nursing professionals.

Mission: "Building on decades of clinical excellence, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) provides and inspires leadership to establish work and care environments that are respectful, healing and humane. The key to AACN's success is through its members. Therefore, AACN is committed to providing the highest quality resources to maximize nurses' contribution to caring and improving the healthcare of critically ill patients and their families."

For more information:
     Web site: http://www.aacn.org/
     Phone: 800-899-2226
     Fax: 949-362-2020
     E-mail: aacninfo@aacn.org